Layston

Layston is borderd by Anstey, Aspenden, Braughing, Buckland, Great Hormead, Little Hormead, Wakeley, Westmill & Wyddial.

Parish Register Entries

19 Apr 1573

Thomas BUCKE & Alice HAMONDE

Mar.

23 Dec 1575

Alice HAMONDE d. of George

Chr.

21 Jun 1573

George HAMONDE & Agnes AYER

Mar.

8 Oct 1600

William NORTHOP & Alice HAMOND of Westmill

Mar.

16 Jan 1609

George HAMOND & Mary BULLE

Mar.

10 Feb 1610

George HAMOND & Mary BULLEN, wid.

Mar.

15 Apr 1628

William MACKERISSE & Sarah HAMONDE

Mar.

16 nov 1630

Anne HAMOND d. of Christopher & Margaret

Chr.

5 Aug 1694

Anne HAMMOND d. of Benjamin & Mary

Chr.

24 Dec 1700

William CLARK & Francis HAMOND of Braughing

Mar.

10 Jun 1703

Thomas SCOT of Bishops Stortford & Mary HAMMOND

Mar.

7 Dec 1704

Joseph HAMMOND & Jane KIRBY

Mar.

28 Jun 1727

John HAMOMND of Arkesden & Judith OSBORNE of Albury

Mar.

21 Sep 1727

Thomas MICKLEY of Wakeley & Ann HAMMOND

Mar.

23 Apr 1728

Joseph HAMMOND of Westmill & Ann HAMMOND of Westmill

Mar.

29 Apr 1736

William HAMMOND & Eliz. PRIOR

Mar.

9 Dec 1742

Frances PRYOR of Ware & Sarah HAMMOND

Mar.

Miscellany

The patronage of the church of St. Mary Magdalene, Alswick, was originally in the hands of the lord of the manor of Alswick, but when in the reign of Henry II the church of Layston was granted to the Prior and canons of Holy Trinity, Richard FITZ WILLIAM, lord of the manor of Alswick, made a grant to the prior of all his right in the church and acknowledged it to be a chapel to the mother church of Layston.  After the dissolution of Holy Trinity in 1531 the king sold the chapel to Sir Henry PARKER, who took for his own use the church plate, which was valued at £6, and sold the bells and all the timber, lead and stone of the chapel to William HAMMOND and Henry GRAVE of Buntingford.  The chapel was never restored, but its site may still be traced on the south side of Alswick Hall.

 

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